Braid and wire harness

Abstract

A braid includes a plurality of metal-plated bundles braided to each other, each of the metal-plated bundle having a flattened shape. Each of the metal-plated bundle includes a plurality of tensile strength fibers, a plurality of first metal plating portions that are formed on the tensile strength fibers respectively, and a second metal plating portion including the first metal plating portions therein, the first metal plating portions having the tensile strength fibers respectively.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A braid comprising:
 a plurality of metal-plated bundles braided to each other, each of the metal-plated bundles having a flattened shape, 
 wherein each of the metal-plated bundles comprises: 
 a plurality of tensile strength fibers; 
 a plurality of first metal plating portions that are formed on the tensile strength fibers respectively; and 
 a second metal plating portion including the first metal plating portions therein, the first metal plating portions having the tensile strength fibers respectively, 
 wherein the second metal plating portion has a surface roughness of 0.1 μm or more and 0.5 μm or less. 
 
     
     
       2. A braid comprising:
 a plurality of metal-plated bundles braided to each other, each of the metal-plated bundles having a flattened shape, 
 wherein each of the metal-plated bundles comprises: 
 a plurality of tensile strength fibers; 
 a plurality of first metal plating portions that are formed on the tensile strength fibers respectively; and 
 a second metal plating portion including the first metal plating portions therein, the first metal plating portions having the tensile strength fibers respectively, 
 wherein a value obtained by dividing a thickness of the second metal plating portion by a thickness of each of the first metal plating portions is 0.1 or more and 1.0 or less.